The only reason i gave this movie 4 stars in the fact i am just a big highlander fan, and christopher lambert fan, but honestly this is a really a 2 star movie. In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. The renegade version is the kind of movie that shows up while youre channel surfing sunday afternoon and you keep it on until its over. Dubbed the renegade version, the directors cut is a vast narrative improvement, light years better than the previous trainwreck. The quickening, first released in 1995 on home video. Highlander the complete collection 6 seasons 119 episodes plus bonus. It is up to macleod and rameriz to set things right.
A featurette on the renegade version disc briefly explains how, after highlander ii went over budget, its insurance company seized control, shutting down production and stitching together a cut the filmmakers hated. Renegade version on dvd 017153114904 from republic pictures. The quickening is a 1991 frenchamericanargentine science fiction action film directed by russell mulcahy and starring christopher lambert, sean connery, virginia madsen and michael ironside. Only two men can save the day, connor mcleod and his swashbuckling mentor ramirez. A new documentary created especially for this release with new interviews with actors and the producers about the need for a renegade version of the film highlander 2 special edition 2 discs release date. The renegade version is hobbled from being a proper entry into the highlander franchise by the story that was filmed, and no amount of rearranging scenes or restoring deleted scenes can make sufficient changes to the movie to fix it.
Christopher lambert reprises his role in highlander ii. The directors cut has been renamed the renegade version and changes much of the films story. Wherever science fiction fans gather, in decades and generations to come, this film will be remembered in hushed tones as one of the immortal low. Below is a list of scene changes may contain spoilers. Sean connery and christopher lambert in highlander ii. The quickening holds a place high in the pantheon of embarrassingly misguided, wildly opportunistic sequels. The quickening director s cut, 1991, directed by arthur wooster, with christopher lambert, allan rich, eduardo sapac, at turner classic movies. I love scifi in this movie and i love highlander 1 and 2 to death but i love highlander 1986 the best. Opposition comes from both the planet ziest macleod and ramirezs homeworld and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. The quickening was released in america with a running time of 89 minutes and 53 seconds.
It is the second installment to the highlander film series, and transitions the fantasy of the first movie into science fiction. It is reviled with an uncommon fury by critics and audiences alike, but director russell mulcahy and the cast have spoken out extensively against it as well roger ebert eloquently captured the essence of the horror and mortification with. The quickening 1991 action fantasy scifi in the future, highlander connor macleod must prevent the destruction of. July 20th now newly remastered with enhanced and reimagined visual effects and a dolby digital ex soundtrack is highlander 2. The quickening dvd, 2001, renegade version directors cut at the best online prices at ebay. Highlander 2 the renegade version by moviesandghosties. They make the movie even more interesting to watch and the deleted scenes contain an alternative ending of the movie. The movie is more rooted in the series than in the movies and if you only know them or even worse only the first part part 2 is ignored by virtually anybody anyway, you are. The new version was dubbed the renegade version and is the most complete version of mulcahys vision. The quickening with 18 minutes of additional footage. Highlander 2 the renegade version 1991 bunny movie. For all its improvements, no version of highlander ii ever leaves the realm of bad sequel. The film follows duncan macleod and a group of fellow immortals seeking the source of immortality. Nothing annoys moviegoers and television watchers alike more than when a sequel attempts to rewrite the history of the previous movie.
Staring virginia madsen, sean connery, christopher lambert and michael ironside. Renegade version is a directors cut of highlander ii. This special edition of highlander ii originally highlander ii. Sean connery, christopher lambert, virginia madsen, michael ironside. In 1995, mulcahy made a directors cut version known as the renegade version. Set in 2024, earth is deteriorating under a depleting ozone layer. Meticulously restored to director russell mulcahys the shadow original dystopian vision of the future with 19 minutes of unseen footage, highlander ii. What the renegade version is, i think, is watchablewhich i mean in the best possible way. The reason for the botched cinema release was pressure exerted on the production company by the films insurance companies after the movie went over budget.
The quickening full movie tamil dubbed in torrent 37 connor macleod and juan sanchez villalobos ramirez return in. Even at its best, highlander ii is a piss poor excuse for a sequel. The story behind the renegade version of highlander ii is simple. It was released on 12 april 1991 in the united kingdom and 1. In doing so they made a terribly written and overall shoddy mess. The quickening dvd, 1998, renegade version directors cut sensormatic security tag at the best online prices at ebay. Speaking pesonally, i prefer this ending more as it. Endgame is a strange product that was originally meant to connect the highlander series with the spinoff highlander. A plug for prowrestling and madison square garden opens the drama.
Highlander 2 renegade serious edition original trilogy. Two versions of highlander ii were released theatrically in. Its 2024 and connor macleod christopher lambert and juan sanchez villalobos ramirez sean connery are back to save planet earth from an evil corporation. The quickening is the most hilariously incomprehensible movie ive seen in many a long day a movie almost awesome in its badness. The highlander franchise has always had one, and forgive the tautology, enormous elephant in the room, and that elephant is the first film, which. Highlander ii was a movie that was rushed because of a want to capitalize on the success of the first.
The quickening begins in 1999 when connor solves the problem of an everdepleting ozone layer on the earth by devising a giant shield around the entire planet. The renegade version is a reedited directors cut of highlander 2. The source is the fifth installment of the highlander film series, which premiered on the sci fi channel on september 15, 2007. The walltowall queen music on the soundtrack is almost as famous as the movie itself. This version contains some of the footage from the \renegade edition\ although the sequence of events is more like the theatrical release. The quickening 1991 action fantasy scifi in the future, highlander connor macleod must prevent the destruction of earth under an antiozone shield. Also, flashbacks show the story behind macleod and ramirezs exile from ziest. They went over the directors head and made sure a film was released to recover any overspend. Renegade version on bluray at mighty ape australia. Get the backstage pass and enjoy an instant 10% discount off your instore and online purchases.
Four years later, mulcahy and company shot additional footage and constructed this version. Highlander 2 renegade serious edition author nomarch date may2007, 12. On the other hand, maybe thats too high a price to pay. The quickening is a 1991 american science fiction action film directed by russell mulcahy and starring christopher lambert, sean connery, virginia madsen, and michael ironside. This twodisc set includes the renegade version of the film, plus a branching feature that. The renegade version features an additional 19 minutes and 34 seconds of restored footage, bringing the final running time to 109 minutes and 27 seconds. In the future, highlander connor macleod must prevent the destruction of earth under an antiozone shield. On may 20, 2008, the hollywood reporter announced that summit entertainment was planning a remake of the original 1986 film. The sequel to the 1986 hit finds lambert returning as the immortal connor macleod who saves earth from a depleting ozone layer by building a shield that deflects sunlight. I like highlander 2 better with the idea of the men originating from some long ago, forgotten past and sentenced as immortals into the future for their rebellion. The quickening letterboxed 1990, bootleg videotape of british version, 100m 30s. As he walks away, the camera pulls back to show a vast hall full of radiation.
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